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Can I get some peace on Earth with that?

(Jonny Goldstein doing his Evard Munch impersonation at the Reichstag)
I just got back from a brief trip to Germany to visit a relative. Look, I’m Jewish, so it’s no shock that the German brand does not resonate totally positively for me. I had a kind of multi-pronged discomfort with brand Germany that I have never […]

I just ate this.

A year ago, my brother moved to Rostock, a small city 3 hours north of Berlin. This is my first visit. Had a good time walking around today. Above are some of the sites I saw. High points: some trippy old cranes by the waterfront, some cool wooden boats, and an awesome cup of hot […]

Here’s my contribution to the 1st ever Rustbelt Bloggers Photowalk. Some of these photos are pulled from other folks. The photos are from different parts of Philly, not from a single neighborhood. For links to other Rustbelt Bloggers Photowalks, go here.

Above: The rusting hulk of the ship United States, which is in drydock in South […]

Photo credit: Nick Hobgood
President Elect Obama said a lot of powerful stuff in his acceptance speech last night. Among the obligatory shout-outs one stood our particularly:
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – […]

It’s time to roll out the coveted Jonny Goldstein endorsement for President.
I support (surprise, surprise) Barack Obama for President of the USA.
Basically, I am way to the left of Barack Obama on a lot of stuff (health care: I think we should have a system more like Canada’s, he wants to band-aid the current expensive […]

I have decided to stop hiding my passion for visual facilitation under a rock—That’s why I have started VisualFacilitator.com. My definition of visual facilitation: helping solve problems in real time through drawing pictures.
I have been interested in visual facilitation way before I even heard the term. I got deep into Mind Mapping in the […]

OK, I don’t have any kids. But sometime today I found myself imagining I did. And I saw that hypothetical 15 year old coming home from school after having studied the dark years when the federal government tortured prisoners, illegally spied en masse on its own citizens, and fabricated evidence to start an unnecessary […]

I moved down to DC almost two years ago to join my wife as she worked on her doctorate. It’s been awesome. She has been cranking along and is almost at the finish line– soon we’ll be moving North. She’s got some interesting work prospects in Philly so that may be the next base […]